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Trivial Pursuit (invented by a couple of canadians, in 1979)
was featured at the New York Toy show and the rest is
Trivial
History. |
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Ottawa Ontario - Statistics Canada reports that Canada's
population will reach 25,000,000 on November 22nd or 23rd
this year. |
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North Pacific - September 1st.
- Soviet SU-1 5 fighter shoots down Korean Air Lines 747 commercial
jet after the plane entered Soviet airspace, killing 269 passengers,
including 10 Canadians. |
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The term "Internet" is coined, and TCP/IP becomes
standard internet protocol
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Sept 26 The
America's Cup was won by the first non-US crew in 132 years, Australia. |
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A very popular hit in the USA this year was Down Under,
by Men at
Work |
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Dick Smith, an Australian Electronics entrepreneur (think
of Radio Shack and Dixons) makes first solo helicopter flight around the world.
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February 28th M*A*S*H ended its long
run on television, with a series finale that was one of the most watched
(125 million US TV viewers )television events
in history. |
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America tuned in to watch ABC's mini-series The Thorn Birds.
(set in Northern Territories, Australia) |
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Return of the Jedi is released. This is the third of the three
in the middle Trilogy. |
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Sally Ride launches into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle, Challenger, to become America's first woman astronaut. (The
Challenger would later be the first SS to be
lost.) |
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Space - Remote manipulator Canadarm, built by
Spar Aerospace in Toronto, used by NASA shuttle crew during flight STS-7
to release and retrieve the SPAS-01 satellite. The 15.2m arm is capable of
accurately maneuvering payloads of 30,000 kg in the weightlessness of
space. Its weight on Earth is 410 kg. Click here
to see the Canadarm's flight history to date. |
| | Microsoft introduces Windows, but it would be two years before it is actually
launched. |
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Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys drowned. |
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